Category Archives: Railways

1st Electric Engine-hauled Train Reaches Kanyakumari

Posted on 25/05/2012 by

Train No: 16526 Bangalore-Kanyakumari Island Express on Thursday became the first electric locomotive-hauled train to reach Kanyakumari. The train that left the Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station at 3.30 p.m. covered the 87-km route without any hitches and reached Kanyakumari at … Continue reading →

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A Mass Transportation Review of the Trivandrum Metro Region

Posted on 06/04/2012 by

As Trivandrum witnesses unprecedented growth and investments of over $4 Billion are underway in transportation infrastructure in and around the city, it is high time to ask whether we have a metropolitan transportation strategy for Kerala’s Capital? Issues, opportunities and … Continue reading →

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Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station to Become a Heritage Station

Posted on 04/03/2012 by

Southern railway is in the process of developing Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway station into a Heritage station. Ministry of Tourism and State Government will jointly provide financial assistance for Southern Railway to complete the project, as railway is facing huge financial … Continue reading →

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Crazy Fare for High Speed Train !

Posted on 18/02/2012 by

Thiruvananthapuram – Kasargode in less than three hours, sounds tempting! But how much will be the fare? Once the proposed Thiruvananthapuram – Kasargode High Speed Rail (HSR) starts functioning the ticket charges would be twice or thrice the charge of a … Continue reading →

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Thiruvananthapuram Central: Lacks Facilities, thus a Nightmare to Get Ticket on Time !

Posted on 18/02/2012 by

Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station is one of the busiest stations in South India is terms of passenger traffic and most important hub in South India in terms of its location. It is also one of the most profitable station under … Continue reading →

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Vizhinjam’s delays, Mad Projects’ Quick Progress!

Posted on 16/02/2012 by

In the last couple of weeks, there has been a frenzy of activity in Thiruvananthapuram over a handful of infrastructure projects that could theoretically add up to over Rs 1,30,000 Crores of investment. Ordinarily, this would be mind-blowing news for … Continue reading →

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Trivandrum Monorail : Feasibility Study in Final Stages

Posted on 26/11/2011 by

Private consultants are on the race to get the consultancy services of the proposed Balaramapuram-Technocity/Mangalapuram monorail project.The state owned NATPAC is in the final stages of the feasibility studies and is expected to submit the report by the end of … Continue reading →

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Negligence of Railways

Posted on 24/11/2011 by

News Sourced from “Mathrubhumi Nagaram” dated 15.11.2011

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The Neglected “Kochuveli” !

Posted on 24/11/2011 by

News Sourced from “Mathrubhumi Nagaram” dated 10.11.2011

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Trivandrum Monorail : Feasibility Study to Submit in Two Months

Posted on 11/11/2011 by

The State Govt.has amended the order of feasibility study duration to two months for the feasibility study of Monorail System in Thiruvananthapuram.The feasiblity study will be done by National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC).The monorail is proposed along Balaramapuram,Karamana,Thampanoor,M.G … Continue reading →

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